Wednesday, 18 August 2010

Leaderless Labour level peg the Coalition

The most curious finding of today's Guardian / ICM poll is that Labour and the Tories are level pegging on voting intentions at 37% - despite Cameron's policies being popular with voters and Labour not having had a leader since the grossly incompetent and failed Brown departed in ignominy.

Perhaps this is the answer. Voters are still fed up with the political class, with professional politicians, and a leaderless Labour party has the virtue of being 'not the coalition' without the vice of a leader to loathe.

By next month when Labour's leadership debacle draws to a close, I predict that the first poll after the new leader is chosen will show a substantial drop in Labour's support. Particularly if that oaf Brown releases his 'I certainly was in the right'1 book at the same time as a reminder of just how awful they were ...

1From Pink Floyd's 'Money';

"Hu Huh! I was in the right!""Yes, absolutely in the right!""I certainly was in the right!""You was definitely in the right. That geezer was cruising for a bruising!""Yeah!""Why does anyone do anything?""I don't know, I was really drunk at the time!"